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Re: STICK IT !!! RicodJour 06-16-2008
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Posted by RicodJour on June 16, 2008, 9:23 pm
> I'm doing a little remodeling. There's a chimney in the way --
> typical old brick -- and not enough room to frame out around it. In
> NYC or other places, people might like a brick chimney in their
> kitchen, but not here. So I'm trying an experiment. I'm using
> construction adhesive to glue the sheet rock on to the brick. It
> should be set up by tomorrow morning and I'll see if it miraculously
> works or if I've created a HUGE problem for myself.

It'll work. You could have also used joint compound.

R

Posted by RicodJour on June 17, 2008, 1:35 pm
>
> > > I'm doing a little remodeling. There's a chimney in the way --
> > > typical old brick -- and not enough room to frame out around it. In
> > > NYC or other places, people might like a brick chimney in their
> > > kitchen, but not here. So I'm trying an experiment. I'm using
> > > construction adhesive to glue the sheet rock on to the brick. It
> > > should be set up by tomorrow morning and I'll see if it miraculously
> > > works or if I've created a HUGE problem for myself.
>
> > It'll work. You could have also used joint compound.
>
>
> Really? What I did was stick in the equivalent of shims. There's
> plaster on most of the chimney but in a few places it came off. So I
> put in some sheetrock. The next step is to go with floor-to-ceiling
> sheetrock to give it a nice, crisp, new look. So I'm sheetrocking
> over sheetrock on one part and sheetrocking over (painted) plaster for
> the rest. Could I just lay up a layer of joint compound -- sort of
> like mastic for tile?

Yep. The USG web site has an excellent online guidebook for drywall.
You could have also skipped over the patching of the holes and just
put the new wallboard up over the "holy" plaster. Drywall typically
spans 16" or 24", so unless your holes are larger than that you can
skip the infill.

R

Posted by RicodJour on June 20, 2008, 11:08 am
>
> I glued up some pieces of scrap today. Tomorrow I'm going to try to
> break them apart. Both the glue and the joint compound seem to be
> holding together pretty good. I used more joint compound than glue
> but I figured a liberal application was okay since it's a relatively
> cheap product.
>
> I did glue the corner bead. It seemed to work okay.
>
> All of the first coat is done (yeah). 2nd coat should go quicker but
> weather has been cool and damp. So I'm running a little heat to dry
> things. But again, 2nd coat should dry quicker too. Can't wait to
> get the blasted project done.

In your situation you could have used Durabond, which is a setting
type joint compound that you mix from a bag of powder and water. It's
independent of temperature and humidity for setting, pretty much, and
the stuff comes in different setting/working times. It allows you to
do two or three coats in a single day without a problem.

Durabond is the stuff to use where you need some structural strength,
like on bead work, but it doesn't sand, so it's not good to use for
the final coats. Use another setting type of compound like EZ-Sand
for the last couple of coats. Use Ready Patch for the final touch-ups
and polish as that stuff can be painted over pretty quickly and
feathers nicely.

You can ask me this stuff ahead of time, Pat, and I'll definitely save
you some time and effort.

R

Posted by creative1985@gmail.com on June 22, 2008, 2:26 pm
>
>
> > > I'm doing a little remodeling. =A0There's a chimney in the way --
> > > typical old brick -- and not enough room to frame out around it. =A0I=
n
> > > NYC or other places, people might like a brick chimney in their
> > > kitchen, but not here. =A0So I'm trying an experiment. =A0I'm using
> > > construction adhesive to glue the sheet rock on to the brick. =A0It
> > > should be set up by tomorrow morning and I'll see if it miraculously
> > > works or if I've created a HUGE problem for myself.
>
> > It'll work. =A0You could have also used joint compound.
>
> > R
>
> I glued up some pieces of scrap today. =A0Tomorrow I'm going to try to
> break them apart. =A0Both the glue and the joint compound seem to be
> holding together pretty good. =A0I used more joint compound than glue
> but I figured a liberal application was okay since it's a relatively
> cheap product.
>
> I did glue the corner bead. =A0It seemed to work okay.
>
> All of the first coat is done (yeah). =A02nd coat should go quicker but
> weather has been cool and damp. =A0So I'm running a little heat to dry
> things. =A0But again, 2nd coat should dry quicker too. =A0Can't wait to
> get the blasted project done.

You can get 30 minute mud at Lowes.
But you gotta be good.
When they say 30 minute they MEAN 30 minute.

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